Play areas/ parks
25yr old dad here. I had a “fun”experience taking my 2 year old to an indoor play place today. We arrived and went to a specific area that is designed and designated for under 3 and under. The area has a posted sign “under 3 only”. My boy went to the ball pit where there is room for 5 kids to play. There was a father and his 2 sons that looked to be 5-7 years old.(father is sitting within arms reach) No biggie I’m not a Karen kids should play where they feel comfortable. My son walks up to the ball pit and the older kid screams at my son to go away Frightening him. I brushed it off just told my son to play in a different area. We came back 15minutes later and they are in the same area. My son really wanted to get in the ball pit. When he walked up one of the boys jumped up and growled at my son and the other screamed. Now the father reacts by saying” that is not a nice thing to do”. The kids blew him off and kept growling and making faces at my son making him cry. I stepped away as I was getting pissed. The younger one then comes over giggling trying to scare my son again. I was done and said to the father”really? It’s okay for your kids to follow my kid around and scare him away from the toddler area?”. He just said sorry and didn’t move his kids at all. We just steered clear from that area and went home 30min later. The whole ride home and hour after my son wasn’t talking about all the fun he had he was talking about how they scared him. Was I wrong to say something? I’m starting to feel some kids should just be kept away from play areas or at home if they can’t control themselves or their parents are so out of touch to discipline bad behavior. What’s your take?